114 CTrRINID^. 



ridilm, with tlie profile of the back arched ; its depth is contained 

 from twice and three-fourths to thrice in the total length (without 

 caudal) ; head of moderate size, its length being one-fourth of the 

 total (without caudal) ; snout short, obtuse, as long as the diameter 

 of the eye, which is one-fourth of the length of the head (in adult 

 examples) ; barbels rather small, scarcely as long as the eye. The 

 origin of the dorsal fin is a little behind that of the ventrals, and 

 midway between the end of the snout and the root of the caudal. 

 Silvery, frequently with series of small black spots along the rows 

 of scales on and above the lateral line ; they disappear with age, 

 those of the lateral line being the most constant. Generally a large 

 blackish blotch on the side of the end of the tail. 

 Peninsula of India. 



a-b. Adult. Cuttalai River. Presented by Capt. Mitchell. 

 c. Adult. Poena. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Playfair. 



66. Barbus pinnatiratus. 



Cycloclieiliclithys phinauratus, Dni/, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 300. 

 Puntius pinnauratus, Day, Fish. Malah. p. 209, pi. 15. tig. 2. 



Yery closely allied to B. chrysopoma, but with the body apparently 

 deeper *. 



D. 11. A. 8. L. lat. 29. L. transv. 6/5. 



The osseous dorsal ray is of moderate strength and very finely 

 serrated behind. There are three and a half series of scales between 

 the lateral line and the root of the ventral fin. Body strongly com- 

 pressed, somewhat elevated, with the profile of the back arched ; its 

 depth is two-fifths of the total length (without caudal), the length 

 of the head a little more than one-fourth ; snout short, obtuse, as 

 long as the diameter of the eye, which is one-fourth of the length 

 of the head ; barbels small, not longer than the eye. The origin of 

 the dorsal fin is opposite to that of the ventrals, and nearly midway 

 between the end of the snout and the root of the caudal. An ovate 

 black spot on the end of the lateral line. 



Cochin. 



67. Barbus spilurus, 



Puntius (Barbodes) chrvsopoma, Bleek. Cobit. 8,- Cypr. Ceylon, in Mem. 

 Soc. Hall. Harlem, 1864, p. 15, tab. 3. fig. 1 (not Cuv. % Val). 



Closely allied to B. chryaopoma, biit with the osseous dorsal ray 

 less strong, and with longer barbels. 



D. 11. A. 8. L. lat. 26-27. L. transv. 5/5. 



The osseous dorsal ray is of moderate strength, finely serrated 

 behind, and not quite two-thirds of the length of the head. There 

 are three series of scales between the lateral line and the root of 

 the ventral fin. Body strongly compressed, somewhat elevated, as 

 in Leuciscus rutilus, with the profile of the back arched ; its depth 

 is two-fifths or a little more than one-third of the total length 



* The author does not state whether the specimens from which he drew up 

 his description were preserved in spirits or merely skins. 



